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Stereo gear for a deaf man!
When I was the 70salesguy, I sold a stereo to a deaf man!
Well, not quite totally deaf, but his hearing was so bad that he had hearing aids in both ears. He loved music, but the state of technology for hearing aids in the 70s wasn't anywhere near advanced enough that he could listen to music with any degree of high fidelity.
He wanted a simple system that he could listen to. He told me that if he played his favorite records, his memory would fill in the missing parts.
We had a section of one aisle we used to refer among ourselves as the "doghouse", as it was where all the "dogs" lived. This was where our closeouts and orphans resided. At this time, we had a small EV stereo receiver that came with a small pair of speakers. The receiver was very slim and took up very little space. It actually was a very nice little receiver, and it had aux, tape and phono inputs. I sold him this unit as well as a Garrard 42M/S TT, which came complete with a Shure cartridge already installed.
It was an inexpensive system, but it was all he needed.
At the time, I was much more into the large receivers like the Pioneer SX-828, and I didn't think much of the slim EV unit. Looking back, it would be pretty cool to have one now, especially for an office application.
When I was the 70salesguy, I sold a stereo to a deaf man!
Well, not quite totally deaf, but his hearing was so bad that he had hearing aids in both ears. He loved music, but the state of technology for hearing aids in the 70s wasn't anywhere near advanced enough that he could listen to music with any degree of high fidelity.
He wanted a simple system that he could listen to. He told me that if he played his favorite records, his memory would fill in the missing parts.
We had a section of one aisle we used to refer among ourselves as the "doghouse", as it was where all the "dogs" lived. This was where our closeouts and orphans resided. At this time, we had a small EV stereo receiver that came with a small pair of speakers. The receiver was very slim and took up very little space. It actually was a very nice little receiver, and it had aux, tape and phono inputs. I sold him this unit as well as a Garrard 42M/S TT, which came complete with a Shure cartridge already installed.
It was an inexpensive system, but it was all he needed.
At the time, I was much more into the large receivers like the Pioneer SX-828, and I didn't think much of the slim EV unit. Looking back, it would be pretty cool to have one now, especially for an office application.